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S. S. NEWTON.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

Patented July 10, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

' STEPHEN s, NEWTON, 0F BINGHAllI'ION, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE-:STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .Patent No. 280,944, dated July 10, 1883.

' Application filed March 4,1ss2. (N0 model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, STEPHEN S. NEWTON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have'invented certain new and IISBflllIlIlPlOVGlllBllhS in Bottle-Stoppers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereoi1,.which form a partof this specification.

Figure 1 represents a vertical section of my invention. Fig.2 is a vertical section showing a part of the invention. Fig. 3 is an elevation showing amodification thereof, and

Fig. 4 is a detached view in section of one form of stopper which I proposeto use in'carrying out my invention. Fig. 5 shows a modification of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a detached view of the ring shown in Fig. 5. Referring to Fig. 1, A is a cylinder, preferably of sheet metal, provided with an internal screw-thread, or, when preferred, indentations a may be struck into the cylinder in spiral form when they are made upon more than two sides of the cylinder, or when they are formed upon two sides only they may be arranged in different planes, so as to serve the same purpose. B is a flange projecting horizontally from cylinder A, and adapted to cover the cork and mouth of the bottle. The lower end of cylinder A is provided with a thread, I), to receive a cork to enter the mouth or neck of the bottle, or, when preferred, a flange or skirt (see dotted lines) may depend from the outer edge of flange B to fit the outside of the bottle-neck. D is a plug, preferably-of rubber, its lower portion, (Z, being made flaring to fit the flaring upper end of cylinder A. While I prefer to make this plug of vulcanized rubber, it may be made of cork or any other suitable material. E F is a corkscrew-like fastening device, formed of wire, its convolutions being of such size and such distance apart as to engage prop erly with the internal thread or projections, a, of the cylinder A. The upper end, E, of this wire, after passing through the plug D, is formed with one or more convolutions or twists, e, fitting closely to the plug, there being also one or more convolutions, f, below the plug, to facilitate the withdrawal of such plug from the flaring mouth of cylinder A.

I am aware that the necks of fruit-jars have been constructed with external screw-threads, and that clamping devices have been formed with convolutions of wire adapted to take into threads, and with horizontal portions at their upper ends, which, when in use, engage with the covers of the jars and press them down tightly into place; but I believe I am the first to construct a spiral-wire clamp or fastener with a device at its upper end having a stopper secured thereto, which in this invention I have done by various means.-

In Fig. 2, G is a bottle the neck of which is formed with a thread during the process of manufacture, or it may have a series of inter- 7o nal projections like those indicated at a, Fig. 1. By an examination of these figures, 1 and 2, it will be readily understood that the part F of the wire will engage with the cylinder A, and, operating as a screw, will, when turned in the proper direction, force the plug D down tightly against the flaring upper end of the cylinder A or the neck of the bottle, thereby closing it effectually. It will also be seen that when the bottle is thus closed the plug, being of greater diameter than the cylinder A or bottleneck, effectually prevents dust from settling upon the upper edge of the flaring part, and that when the parts are in the position shown in the drawings there is formed an outwardly and upwardly inclined throat at c, which in sures that the liquid shall not come in contact with the upper face of the plug, so as to retain 4 dust or attract flies.

In Fig. 3 the bottle-neck is formed with an external screw-thread adapted to receive the spiral convolutions F of the fastening device, which is formed of one piece of wire, and has a vertical strengthening-rib, K, soldered to one or more of the convolutions' to prevent their spreading. That part of the wire which lies above the mouth of the bottle is formed into a much smaller convolution, i.

l is a rivet passing through convolution z, and also through asuitable stopper-plug within roe themouth of the bottle, by which means the plug is firmly secured to the spiral wire F; but, when preferred, I may use a rubber plug, I k D, (shown in Fig. 4,) the neck k of which may be gripped by the convolution i.

I may employ a strengthening rib or strip like that shown at K, Fig. 3, in-connection with the spiral wire, which is constructed to be inserted within the neck of the bottle.

In Fig; 5 the bottle-neck is provided with groove q, adapted to receive a rubber or metallic ring, R, with which the corkscrew-like shank of the stopper engages, as will-be readily understood without further explanation.

I 5 When preferred, a spiral wire coil may be used instead of the thimble O. Nor do I wish to be limited to forming the spiral thread in.

the neck of the bottle, Fig. 2, because a threaded metal cylinder might be used, the cylinder being divided by a vertical cut in one side, so

that it could be compressed in diameter sufficiently to allow it to be inserted within the neck of the bottle and below an internal rib in the neck, said cylinder expanding by its own I elasticity, and be thereby retained in position.

I do not in this application claim any inventions except those which are specifically recited in the claims, reserving the right to claim all other patentable features shown or described herein in another application which I am about to file as a division hereof.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is-- 1. In a bottle-stopper, the combination of a threaded discharging-cylinder, awire-clamp formed'with spiral convolutions adapted to vengage with the threaded cylinder, and provided at its upper end with a device adapted to receive a stopper-plug, and a stopper-plug attached to and carried by the wire clamp, 0

substantially as set forth. I

2.. In abottle-stopper, the combination, with a wire having spiral convolutions adapted to engage with the threaded discharging-tube or neck, ofa stopper-plug attached to a convolu- 5 STEPHEN. s. NEWTON.

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